Wallet



Jan. 9, 1945. P. FLQRIN .2,366349 WALLET Filed May l, 1942 I N VEN TGR. BWL /P fZoR//v BY i i TTOQNEY tion; i

I Fig. 1 is an elevational view of;` a pocket Wallet I Patented Jan. 9, 1945i sraras PATEN'I OFFICE I WaLLEm Philip Florin, Woodmere; Y;

planetarias 1f, 1942,.saranno-4413er This invention. relates to wanen-s @neV of i the objects v myinvention.` isito1 provide L an improvedpocket Wallet; construction having: a

concealedsecret compartmentzwhich is effectively hidden` in. a novel, marmer.` I y l Another object; ot. my invention is'l toprovide a pocket' `wallet of. thexcharactcr described` wherein the secret compartment td all, outward,V appear ances comprises merely an unter wall-oi acompertinent intended-to lionne;papers4 or money of little value4 I I A. furthercbjectof my niventionfisto provide a pcclsetgwallet of theicharactcr.` described which shall be; economical to manufacture, rugged: in construction, and` efficient, and simple in use.

Additional objects offthi'sinvention will in part be obvious andsin part hereinafterpointed` out.`

My" invention acoordinglyconsists: in' the fea-` tures of construction,` coxnbinationsof*` elements, and arrangement.K partsiwhich Wiliybe exemplinetintheconstruction :hereinafterdescribed and of which the scope-of applicationzwill be` indicated inl the: Claims;

In the accompanyingxdrawing, in which are shown various possible embodimentsioi inyinvenfembodyngmy invention shown inopen position withthe secret' compartment concealed and with portions of the wallet broken awayito disclose the location of said-secret compartment;

Figs;- 2 and 3areenlargedsectionalviews taken substantially along thel-ines 2&-2 and^33 respectively; of l'ig.` 1,;

Figi 4-is a front-perspective view of said pocket wallet with the secret compartment fully -exgtracted; I

Fig. 5 is a three-quartered perspective view of the secret compartment illustrated in Figui after the same has beenlopened for-use:`

Fig; 6 is an `eleva-tlionalfragmentary view oil a pocket wallet embodying amodiediorm of my invention; and I I Figi 7 an enlarged view thereof.` takensubstantially along the line 1'-'I of Fig. 6. I

Referring new indetail tothe` drawing and more particularly to Figs; 12 through `5, I0 denotes a pocket` wallet` ccnstructed` in` accordance with my invention and comprising generallyfa-bacli wall I2 and airont wall I4, the-saidlwallsbeing permanexfitlyA joinedA atthe transverse end I edges thereof by any suitable means, such as for example rows of stitching I6; `The said Walls I2 and I4 may be lettunattachedalong `their longitudinal `bottom edges. The wall I4 `isot lesser 1 height than the` back wall` lf2 so'. that the` wallet has; a` compartment t8: open; atthey top to receive Thecentral section` bills of small'` denominations. ot thefrontwall' Ht isprovidedwith a plurality .of` crease lines 20 to facilitate folding of the wallet.

The bottom longitudinal edge: of, the; back wall `I2 has extending therefrom a pair of integral pane-Is 22` and` 24.` One of these panels 22 which runs from adjacent the: creases 28' to a transverse llies thepanel 22,. being secured thereto by a row ot `stitching 28` at one transverse edge thereof. The other transverseedge of the panel 26 is attachedfto the wal-ls t2 and mand panel 22 by the row or stitching t6. Said panel 26 extends above the upperV horizontal edge of the panel 22 and overlaps and is stitched to the upper horizontal `edgeaof `theront wall |14. Onesetof transverse edges ofthe` panels 22 and 26 are. left unattached tothe wall I4;\to provide a compartment 3B for the receptionlof calling cards and the like.l

The upperhorizontal edge of the panel 22 is unattached to the `panel 26, thereby providing a compartment for thereception of` small change and similar articles. This compartment is closed by a large flap 32 attached to the panel 2li` and provided at its outer edge with suitalble means, such as a snap fastener 34, for detachable secure.- ment totheouter surface of the panel 22.

The panel 24 which is spaced from the panel 22 by the crease lines 20 isfolded back over thefront wall I4 and has its 4'horizontal upper edge turned back to lie behind a portion of the horizontal upper edge of said front wall. These edges are attached by a row of stitching 36. One trans verse edge of the panel 124 `issecured tothe front and back walls I2 and I4 by the row of stitching I6 and the other transverse edge 4of said panel 1s leftV free. Said panel 24 is provided with a large aperture 38 which is backed by a layer 40 of a liexible transparent material such as Celluloid. One transverse edge of said layer 40 is attached to the Walletby tl'ierow` of stitching I6. The upper andlower horizontal edgeszof the layer 40 are attached to the panel 24Iby rows of stitching 42 and 44, and the other transverse edge of the layer 40 is attached to the panel 24 by a row of stitching 46 disposed alongside ora vertical. slit 48 near a transverse edge of said panel 24.

Underlying the transparent layer 4IJis .a second transparent'layer 50 of like material. This layer is secured in position by a` row of transverse Vsaid layer and attached to the panel 24.

stitching 52 running along one transverse edge of Said row of stitching 52 is disposed on the side of the slit 48 opposite the row of stitching 46. The other three edges of the layer 58 are left free. Thus, the two transparent layers 48 and 58 together provide a compartment 54 for the reception of one or more cards or documents, such as a drivers license, etc., which should be visible upon opening of. the wallet. Access to said compartment 54 is gained through the slit 48.

In accordance with my invention, I provide a secret compartment 56 which comprises a thin bill note receptacle 58 formed from a pair of juxtaposed coextensive Walls 68 and 62 which are fabricated from a single piece of material. The latter is transversely folded about one quar- Wallet back wall 84 has extending integrally therefrom ter of the way in from each end, and the quarter lengths thus provided are disposed behind lthe front wall 62. Two ends of the quarter lengths are sewed'together by a row of stitching 64. The lower'horizontal edges'of thewalls 88 and '62 are sewed together by aline of stitching 65. The front wall 62 may be provided with a medial vertical crease line 68 to facilitate holding of the receptacle 58. Said receptacle is so proportioned that upon folding it can be completely received within the compartment 18 provided between the transparent layer 58 and the Wall `|4. The mouth of said compartment 18 lies adjacent the crease lines 20. The receptacle 58 when folded is sufciently large to cover the rear of the aperture 38 in the panel 24. By virtue of thisconstruction, when the receptacle 58 is inserted into the compartment 18, said receptacle Will appear to form the back wall of the compartment 54. To further enhance this deceptive appearance, the receptacle 58 and front wall I4 maybe made of the same or visuallysimilar materials.

A'Ihe transverse edges ofthe receptacle 58 which, when the latter is disposed in the compartment 18, lie adjacent the mouth thereof, are concealed in accordance with my invention by a ap '|2 integral -with the panel 24and projecting laterally-from the transverse edge of said panel 4adjacent the mouth of the compartment 18. The flap is of a height at least equal to the height of the receptacle 58 but need not necessarily be equal to the full height of the mouth:

of the compartment 18. Said flap '|2 is wide enough to overlie the transverse edges of the folded receptacle 58 near the mouth of the compartment 'i8 and to enter into said compartment and be frictionally received between rearmost wall of the folded receptacle 58 and the front wall vIll. The position of the flap 12 when it conceals the receptacle 58 is shown in dotted lines inFig. 1 and in full lines in Fig. 2. Its position when retracted to permit `access to the compartment 18'is shown in Fig. 4.

Means is also provided to secure the secret receptacle 58 to the wallet I8 in such manner that it can be withdrawn from its compartment 18 for use without being dropped or lost. Such means may comprise a ribbon 14 which is secured by a line of stitching 'i6 at one end thereof to approximately the center of the compartment 18. The other end of the ribbon is secured to the receptacle 58 adjacent its vertical median line by the line of stitching 64. The length of the ribbon from the line of stitching 64 to the line of stitching 16 is approximately one half of the Width of the receptacle 58 when folded. This enables the receptacle to be entirely withdrawn from the compartment 'I8 when it is desired to secure access to the secret compartment56 and allows the folded receptacle to be inserted far enough into the compartment 'I8 to fully underlie the aperture 38 and take up substantially all the slack in the' ribbon 14.

A pocket Wallet 88 embodying a modified form of my invention is shown in Figs. 6 and 7. Said Wallet comprises a front wall 82 and back Wall 84 suitably secured toi-,each other to provide a bill compartment 86. 4'Grease lines-88 in the front and back walls facilitate central folding of the The bottom longitudinal edge of the a pair of tapered panels 88 and 92 which are folded back against the wallet and secured along their outer transverse edges to the front and back walls by 'stitching (not shown). Intermediate-each of the panels 98, 82 and front wall 82 there is provided a dividing panel 84 which is sewed at its lower edge to the vbottom of said front wall by a row of stitching 96. The upper edge of said dividing panel is turned backto lie behind a portion of the horizontal upper edge of the front wall 84. These' edges' are attached by a row of stitching 98. Twot compartments are thus formed, the rst |80 between the dividing panel anda panel 88 or 82, and the second |82 between the dividing panel and the front wall 82. In the second compartment |82 there is housed a secret receptacle |84 which may be constructed in the same maner as the secret receptacle 58 of the first `form of my invention. Said re'- ceptacle |84 is soconstructed and dimensioned that .it is `adapted to be received in thecompartment 82 when centrally folded and it Tis attached to the wallet 88 by means constructed and arranged similarA to the ribbon '|4 above described.

The transverse edges of. the secret receptacle |84, when the latter is disposed'in the compartment |82, lie adjacent the mouth thereof and are concealed in accordance with my invention by a flap |86 attached to the wallet and adapted yto be fully received in said compartment in such manner that it covers the transverse edges of the secret receptacle. The flap |86 extends from a narrow panel |88'secured to the front wall 82 at its upper and lower edges by rows of stitching 8. `Said flap is preferably substantially ofI the same `heightas the compartment and is made of the same or?A similar material as that of the remaining panels and walls of the wallet, so`

that saidI flap, to thecasualfobserver, will seem to be the wall 82 forming the-back of the compartment j |82.' Flaps may extend vfrom lboth transverse edges ofthe panel |83, so that flat objects may be secreted in both of the compartments |82. It. will thus be seen that there is provided a device in which the several objects of this invention are achieved,` and which is well adapted to meet the conditions of practical use.

As various possible embodiments might be made of the above invention, and as various changes might be made in the embodiments set forth, it is to be understood that all matter herein-set forth or shown in `the accompanying drawing lare to be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense.

Having thus described my invention', I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

11A two-section billfold-article'holder 4cornbination. the' billfold thereof having its two sections foldable' about a central -hinge and one 'section thereof'havinrgan-interior pocket opening toward the hinge, the article holder con- 1 consisting of a ilexible means attached at one of its ends to thearticle holder halves at their hinge portion and at its other end to .the interior of `thebillfold pocket, said tetherbeing of such` st-ructure and extent of play as to permit the article holderto be drawn out wholly from the billfold pocket thereby to free the article holder hinge from the pocket and so permit opening of the article holder, butto stop such extraction at a point with the article holder hinge located close to the `billfold hinge; whereby when the article holder is extracted to such` position it may be there opened out in a condition for its hinge to lie adjacent the billfold hinge and its two panels to overlie atly the two sections of the billfold, and whereby the billfold may be closed either with the article holder returned within the pocket or` with the article holder remaining out of the pocketbut nested captively in position between the two billfold sections.

2. A multiple-section billfold-article holder combination, the billfold thereof having adjacent sections foldable about hinges and one section thereof having an interior pocket opening` toward said hinge, the article holder comprising at least two panels secured to each other so as to form a hin'ge and adapted to hold articles, the article holder being sufliciently smaller than the billfold in both width and length so that when closed it may be inserted hinge rst `within such billfold pocket and will there wholly clear said bllfold hinge and so permit-closing of the billfold; a tether rendering captive the article holder andconsisting of a flexible means attached at one of its ends to the article holder panels at the hinge and at its other end to the interior of l the billfold pocket, said tether being of such structure and extentf of play as to permit the article holder to be drawn out wholly from the billfold pocket thereby to free the article holder hinge from the pocket and so permit opening of the article holder, but to stop such extraction at a point with the article holder hinge located close to said billfold hinge; whereby when the article holder is extracted to such position it may be there opened out in acondition for its hinge to lie adjacent said billfold hinge and the panels thereof to overlie the two sections of the billfold adjacent said billfold hinge,` and whereby the billfold may be closed either with the article holder returned within the pocket or with the article holder remaining out of the pocket but nestedV captively in position between said two billfold sections.

fold hinge and so permit closing of the billfold;`

a tether rendering captive the article holder and consisting of a flexible means attached at one of its ends to the article holder panels at the hinge and at its other endfto the interior of the billfold pocket, said tether being of such structure and extent of play as to permit the article holder to be drawn out wholly from the billfold pocket` therebyto free the article holder hinge from the pocket and so permit opening of the article holder, but. to stop such extraction at a point with the article holder hinge located close to said billfold hinge; whereby when the article holder is extracted to such position it may be there opened out in a condition forits hinge to lie adjacent said billfold'hinge and the panels thereof to overlie the two sections ofthe billfold adjacent said billfold hinge, and whereby the billfold may be closed either with the" article holder returned within the pocket or with the article holder` remaining out of the pocket but nested captively in position between said two billfold sections; and a ilapsecured at one end to said billfold at said hinge outside the mouth of said pocket, `the other end of said ap extending a short distance into said pocket whereby to conceal said article holder when the same is disposed within said pocket.

4. A billfold-articleholder combination as set forth in claim 3 wherein the flap is an integral part of a wall of the pocket. i

5. A billfold-article holder combination as set forth in claiml 3 wherein one wall of the pocket y is exposed when" the billfold is opened, said wall wall. r

6. A hillfold-article` holder combination as set forth in claim `3 wherein the article holder comprises a wallet-like member including a front i wall and an integral rear wall, said rear wall including two sections which are stitched together at the center of the article holder, the bottom edges of said front and rear walls being secured together by stitching, and wherein the tether is secured to the article holder where the two sections comprising the rear wall l are joined together. i

i PHILIP FLORIN. 

